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Mercury at inferior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 at 21:20 EDT (10 days ago) in Gemini

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Mercury at greatest elongation west Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Sun, 02 Aug 2026 at 09:54 EDT (11 days away) in Gemini

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 at 06:19 EDT (14 days away) in Gemini

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Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 (14 days away) in Gemini

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Venus at dichotomy Venus reaches half phase in the evening sky. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 at 15:44 EDT (21 days away) in Virgo

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its closest point to the Sun. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 at 05:31 EDT (23 days away) in Cancer

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Venus at greatest elongation east Venus is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 at 17:59 EDT (23 days away) in Virgo

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Mercury at superior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 at 13:11 EDT (36 days away) in Leo

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Venus at aphelion Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 at 11:06 EDT (44 days away) in Virgo

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Venus at greatest brightness Venus reaches its greatest brightness in the evening sky. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 at 13:32 EDT (62 days away) in Virgo

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Mercury at aphelion Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Sun, 27 Sep 2026 at 04:57 EDT (67 days away) in Virgo

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Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 (78 days away) in Libra

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Mercury at greatest elongation east Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 at 01:50 EDT (82 days away) in Libra

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky. Sat, 17 Oct 2026 at 12:55 EDT (87 days away) in Libra

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Venus at inferior solar conjunction Venus passes around the near side of the Sun. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 at 23:39 EDT (93 days away) in Virgo

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Mercury at inferior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun. Wed, 04 Nov 2026 at 09:20 EDT (105 days away) in Libra

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its closest point to the Sun. Tue, 10 Nov 2026 at 03:17 EDT (111 days away) in Virgo

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Wed, 18 Nov 2026 at 03:55 EDT (119 days away) in Virgo

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Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Thu, 19 Nov 2026 (121 days away) in Libra

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Mercury at greatest elongation west Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Fri, 20 Nov 2026 at 19:33 EDT (121 days away) in Libra